diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-renesas-rzg2l.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-renesas-rzg2l.c
index 00688043697f..5a7836186fd4 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-renesas-rzg2l.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-renesas-rzg2l.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/bitfield.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
@@ -408,12 +409,12 @@ static int rzg2l_irqc_parse_interrupts(struct rzg2l_irqc_priv *priv,
 
 static int rzg2l_irqc_init(struct device_node *node, struct device_node *parent)
 {
+	struct platform_device *pdev = of_find_device_by_node(node);
+	struct device *dev __free(put_device) = pdev ? &pdev->dev : NULL;
 	struct irq_domain *irq_domain, *parent_domain;
-	struct platform_device *pdev;
 	struct reset_control *resetn;
 	int ret;
 
-	pdev = of_find_device_by_node(node);
 	if (!pdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
@@ -467,6 +468,17 @@ static int rzg2l_irqc_init(struct device_node *node, struct device_node *parent)
 
 	register_syscore_ops(&rzg2l_irqc_syscore_ops);
 
+	/*
+	 * Prevent the cleanup function from invoking put_device by assigning
+	 * NULL to dev.
+	 *
+	 * make coccicheck will complain about missing put_device calls, but
+	 * those are false positives, as dev will be automatically "put" via
+	 * __free_put_device on the failing path.
+	 * On the successful path we don't actually want to "put" dev.
+	 */
+	dev = NULL;
+
 	return 0;
 
 pm_put: